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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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During the year 41 rooms and 397 articles were disinfected
in connection with the control of this disease.
35 of the 84 patients notified obtained treatment as inpatients
at Sanatoria or in Hospital.
A Tuberculosis Dispensary has been established in
Finchley as the centre for the district. This is under the
control of the Middlesex County Council, and the Tuberculosis
Officer is an official of that authority.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
| Year | Estimated Population | Deaths from Phthisis | Deaths from other Forms of Tuberculosis | Total Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis | Rate per 1,000 Phthisis | Rate per 1,000 for other Forms of Tuberculosis | Total rate per 1,000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||
| 1903 | 24,195 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 58 | .33 | .91 |
| 1904 | 25 564 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 1 05 | .54 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 28 716 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 8 | .38 | 1.18 |
| 1906 | 32,005 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 99 | .49 | 1.48 |
| 1907 | 33,567 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 31 | .62 | 29 | .91 |
| 1908 | 35,129 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 59 | .25 | .84 |
| 1909 | 36,691 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | .41 | .32 | .73 |
| 1910 | 38,2.3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 81 | .33 | 1 14 |
| 1911 | 39 815 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 34 | .58 | .27 | .85 |
| 1912 | 41,899 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | .66 | 14 | .81 |
| 1913 | 44,20S | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | .36 | .22 | .58 |
| 1914 | 45.868 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 59 | .13 | .72 |
| Average for the 13 years | 11.5 | 11.7 | 6 1 | 4 9 | 34.3 | .64 | .34 | .92 | |